Why good parenting will always be in style
Date Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008Author: Pastor Maria Seaman
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Raising children in a time of ipods, speedy computers, cell phones galore and text messaging can be quite a horrendous experience at times. While all of these devices certainly add convenience to our lives and increase our ability to get in touch with our offspring, we must understand that these items can only go so far in helping us to educate and train our children in the way they ought to go.
Presently, I have a child who will graduate in June, a child in Senior 2 and a young child in Primary 2. Life is very interesting, as I find myself thinking about how the worlds of my eldest and my youngest are so different.
Like many of you, I am amazed as my six year old sits at the computer and handles it with ease. Just think about the technology that the children of today have access to, in comparison to the child born only a decade ago.
Well, even with technology and its continuous expansion, I have found that some things will never change. For example, a child who feels love at home will have a healthy self-image. This child will not seek to find out who they are through other modes, such as unapproved relationships and undesired habits.
Thus, even in the modern 21st Century, we must ensure to the very best of our ability, that the success of our children still begins at home. Yes, some will still go off track, but the comfort of the parents will always rest in the fact that they did their best to guide their child correctly.
Parents, let us take a glance at some of the attributes of raising today’s child, which will never go out of style:
- Always remember that your child is a gift from God. Yes, there may be times when we want to return the gift, but these gifts are keepers, and we must figure them out. We must patiently study each child to see what makes them “work”. Indeed, parenting is the toughest job that you will ever have.
- Understand that there is a hidden potential within your child, that when sought and found, will release every quality that your child is gifted to have. When the uniqueness about each child is revealed, this quality opens up the way, for the success of that particular child. Remember, that no two children are the same. They may have the same biological parents, and still function differently from each other.
- We have to start training our children when they are young. I truly believe that we must gain the advantage over the natural instincts of children to “talk over” or “out-talk” us, by beginning to train them and talk to them, before they even learn to talk. Once they begin to talk and talk and talk, our time is more limited and our patience can be rather limited at times too. Remember, teenagers think they know everything, and they insist on trying to inform their parents of their vast intellect.
- Love is still the key. To love children is the most important tool of offense and defense for a parent. Tell them, that you love them. Love truly covers a multitude of sin. Love will annihilate all of the evil plans of the enemy to destroy them, by convincing them that you do not love them. Parents, love them to life.
Yes, in this modern world, good parenting is still in style. Good parenting is necessary and will still produce the winners and the leaders of today and tomorrow. Parents, let’s do just that. Parent! God bless our families in Bermuda!